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Hummingbirds are back

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Hello everyone in North America,
On a little different note than daffodils, the rubythroated hummingbirds are back from Mexico and Central America. Saw my first one Tuesday working my blueberry blooms and native red-buckeye blooms saw another this morning at my feeder. The native red-buckeye plants are my key to when they will arrive. Every year when the buckeye come into bloom the hummingbirds are not far behind. Other sightings have been seen in my area also in the last few days. Daffneters further north, they are headed your way.
Regards,
Larry, in Southaven, Mississippi, just south of Memphis, Tennessee 

3 comments for “Hummingbirds are back”

  1. Yesterday I visited a friend who has a hummingbird nest in a patio lamp fixture just outside the window. The babies appear to be fully feathered out on head and neck (all I could see) but their bodies still fit down in the nest. The bills are about half the length of the mother’s bill. So we’re a bit ahead here. These are Anna’s Hummingbirds, and stay here all year long.

    Melissa

  2. Larry,

    I also saw one scouting out my feeder on Tuesday.  No picture, he was here and gone.  But it does mean spring is on the way even though there was a snowstorm yesterday depositing about a half inch of snow all over the grass.  It just seems that spring never gets here and then when it does, I am so busy that I scarcely have time to enjoy it.  I end up at the beginning of May, exhausted but happy.

    Donna

  3. Here in western Massachusetts we don’t see the hummingbirds until about mid-May, depending on how the season is progressing. This morning, we’re having yet another snowstorm. Chionodoxa, scilla and Crocus tommasinianus are blooming, nevertheless. But my hellebores are behind schedule after a nasty winter with an awful lot of snow.
    Someone mentioned that the hummingbirds where they live stay all year ’round. How wonderful…I can’t wait until they come back in May, and mourn their leaving in September. It’s of deep interest to me to hear about these avid little birds from folks in different parts of the world. Thank you!

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